diff --git a/tests/core/web3-module/test_keccak.py b/tests/core/web3-module/test_keccak.py
index 25fcc1f090..e49f44517f 100644
--- a/tests/core/web3-module/test_keccak.py
+++ b/tests/core/web3-module/test_keccak.py
@@ -119,3 +119,11 @@ def test_keccak_raise_if_hexstr_and_text():
 def test_keccak_raise_if_no_args():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         Web3.keccak()
+
+
+def test_solidity_keccak_bytes_padding():
+    # bytes1 value 0x01 should be padded to 32 bytes in Solidity
+    result = Web3.solidity_keccak(["bytes1"], [b"\x01"])
+    # The padded value is 0x01 followed by 31 zero bytes
+    expected = Web3.keccak(hexstr="0x01" + "00" * 31)
+    assert result == expected
diff --git a/web3/_utils/encoding.py b/web3/_utils/encoding.py
index c6d9f72639..11c9ff702f 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/encoding.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/encoding.py
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ def hex_encode_abi_type(
         return pad_hex(value, data_size)
     elif is_bytes_type(abi_type):
         if is_bytes(value):
+            # Pad fixed-size bytesN to 32 bytes (Solidity right-pads to 32 bytes in abi.encode)
+            if abi_type != "bytes":
+                hex_val = remove_0x_prefix(encode_hex(value))
+                # Right-pad to 32 bytes (64 hex chars)
+                padded = hex_val.ljust(64, "0")
+                return add_0x_prefix(HexStr(padded))
             return encode_hex(value)
         else:
             return value
diff --git a/web3/_utils/http_session_manager.py b/web3/_utils/http_session_manager.py
index 913ea550f1..703d619f3d 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/http_session_manager.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/http_session_manager.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import sys
 from concurrent.futures import (
     ThreadPoolExecutor,
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@
 from eth_typing import (
     URI,
 )
+
+# aiohttp's `enable_cleanup_closed` parameter is deprecated on Python 3.12.8+
+# and 3.13.1+ (CPython bug fix https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/118960).
+# Passing it triggers a DeprecationWarning on those versions.
+_ENABLE_CLEANUP_CLOSED = (
+    sys.version_info < (3, 12, 8)
+    or (3, 13) <= sys.version_info < (3, 13, 1)
+)
 import requests
 
 from web3._utils.async_caching import (
@@ -190,7 +199,12 @@ async def async_cache_and_return_session(
                     session = ClientSession(
                         raise_for_status=True,
                         connector=TCPConnector(
-                            force_close=True, enable_cleanup_closed=True
+                            force_close=True,
+                            **(
+                                {"enable_cleanup_closed": True}
+                                if _ENABLE_CLEANUP_CLOSED
+                                else {}
+                            ),
                         ),
                     )
 
@@ -237,7 +251,12 @@ async def async_cache_and_return_session(
                     _session = ClientSession(
                         raise_for_status=True,
                         connector=TCPConnector(
-                            force_close=True, enable_cleanup_closed=True
+                            force_close=True,
+                            **(
+                                {"enable_cleanup_closed": True}
+                                if _ENABLE_CLEANUP_CLOSED
+                                else {}
+                            ),
                         ),
                     )
                     cached_session, evicted_items = self.session_cache.cache(